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It can be tricky to balance between going broke and accidentally showing ads that some users dislike when you're using a large network like AdSense. As someone

by Encosia 12y ago

It can be tricky to balance between going broke and accidentally showing ads that some users dislike when you're using a large network like AdSense. As someone with a browsing profile that isn't targeted by those kind of ads, I've found out second-hand that I've been running ads like that a few times. Trying to prune specific ads is an endless game of whack-a-mole that I've never been able to win, and disabling an entire category of ads just to prevent 1% of them from running is very tough on the bottom line.

jamiek88 12y ago
That really is a problem and it took me a while to figure out that sites weren't actually/necessarily endorsing those ads. There should be an easier way of black/white listing certain types of ads when setting up adsense.
- GhotiFish 12y ago
  Is actually very easy to solve. When someone wants to run an ad on your ad network. The vetting process should be more than "how much money you got?" If not for their own sakes anyway. Ad block needs to continue to run rampant over this "internet economy" because advertisers need to come to terms with the fact that now a days users get to choose what they see and how they see it. Maybe one day it will occur to someone in the industry that aggressively hostile ads are ruining their industry rather than being a staple of it. If they don't... Then I don't mind seeing that industry die.
  - juliangregorian 12y ago
    It's not easy, because there isn't really much of a vetting process on most ad networks; everything possible is automated. You may not mind seeing that industry die, but until you start paying for visiting websites, you'll have to amend that to say "I don't mind seeing the internet die".
    - jamesbrownuhh 12y ago
      Unvetted ad networks considered harmful.
    - GhotiFish 12y ago
      "The internet die" huh. I think you'll find in the absence of one solution, another presents itself. As an example, github is not an ad based service, nor is it some sorta bait and switch. It's terms are reasonable and is generally useful to everyone. That is ridiculously dramatic to say "The internet will die" It's just the shitty part that will die.
- jamesbrownuhh 12y ago
  Adsense could also try enforcing their policies once in a while too. I remember complaining about a series of shady "Download Now" ads earlier in the year, including full URL trails, etc, as required by the complaint process. Needless to say, not one damn was given and the ads continued unchecked. THAT is why people install Adblock. Content owners crying butthurt because "Adblock hurts the sites you love" ignores that the sites you "love" can often just not be trusted not to accept ads that are shady, scummy, or worse. And there is no excuse for that. If your business revolves around spraying dog mess over people's windows, don't be surprised when people put up fences. You reap what you sow.

by Encosia 12y ago

jamiek88 12y ago

That really is a problem and it took me a while to figure out that sites weren't actually/necessarily endorsing those ads. There should be an easier way of black/white listing certain types of ads when setting up adsense.

GhotiFish 12y ago
Is actually very easy to solve. When someone wants to run an ad on your ad network. The vetting process should be more than "how much money you got?" If not for their own sakes anyway. Ad block needs to continue to run rampant over this "internet economy" because advertisers need to come to terms with the fact that now a days users get to choose what they see and how they see it. Maybe one day it will occur to someone in the industry that aggressively hostile ads are ruining their industry rather than being a staple of it. If they don't... Then I don't mind seeing that industry die.
- juliangregorian 12y ago
  It's not easy, because there isn't really much of a vetting process on most ad networks; everything possible is automated. You may not mind seeing that industry die, but until you start paying for visiting websites, you'll have to amend that to say "I don't mind seeing the internet die".
  - jamesbrownuhh 12y ago
    Unvetted ad networks considered harmful.
  - GhotiFish 12y ago
    "The internet die" huh. I think you'll find in the absence of one solution, another presents itself. As an example, github is not an ad based service, nor is it some sorta bait and switch. It's terms are reasonable and is generally useful to everyone. That is ridiculously dramatic to say "The internet will die" It's just the shitty part that will die.
jamesbrownuhh 12y ago
Adsense could also try enforcing their policies once in a while too. I remember complaining about a series of shady "Download Now" ads earlier in the year, including full URL trails, etc, as required by the complaint process. Needless to say, not one damn was given and the ads continued unchecked. THAT is why people install Adblock. Content owners crying butthurt because "Adblock hurts the sites you love" ignores that the sites you "love" can often just not be trusted not to accept ads that are shady, scummy, or worse. And there is no excuse for that. If your business revolves around spraying dog mess over people's windows, don't be surprised when people put up fences. You reap what you sow.